Remove Photo Metadata
Photos often carry the GPS location where they were taken, the camera used and the date. See what each photo contains and save a copy with that information removed, all in your browser.
- Runs on your device
- No sign-up
- Free, no watermark
How to use the Remove Photo Metadata
- 01Drop one or more photos (JPG, PNG, WebP or iPhone HEIC), or click to choose them.
- 02Check what each photo contains. A GPS location is highlighted at the top.
- 03Leave Keep rotation on so JPGs stay the right way up, or turn it off to remove every EXIF tag.
- 04Download each clean photo, or all of them as a ZIP.
Good to know
Runs on your device
Photos are read and cleaned by your browser. Neither the photos nor their metadata are uploaded.
See what's inside
Location, camera, lens, dates, software and author details are listed for each photo, with GPS shown first.
Pixels untouched
For JPG, PNG and WebP, only the metadata is cut out of the file. The image itself isn't re-compressed.
Keeps the right way up
JPGs keep just their rotation tag so they don't turn sideways. You can switch this off.
Frequently asked questions
Are my photos uploaded?
No. They're read and cleaned in your browser, and the clean copies are made on your device.
What does it remove?
From JPGs: EXIF (GPS location, camera, lens, dates and the small preview inside it), XMP, IPTC/Photoshop data and comments. From PNGs: text, EXIF and time chunks. From WebP: EXIF and XMP. The colour profile is kept so colours don't change. Each clean copy is checked again before you download it.
Does it lower the quality?
Not for JPG, PNG or WebP. The image data is copied byte for byte; only the metadata sections are left out. iPhone HEIC photos are different: they're first converted to a new JPG, which has no metadata but is re-compressed at 92% quality.
What does Keep rotation do?
Phones often save photos sideways with a tag saying how to turn them. Without that tag, some apps show the photo sideways. Keep rotation writes back only that one tag, which holds no personal details.
Why did my photo lose its HDR look or motion?
Some phones store extra data after the main JPG picture, such as an HDR map, depth map or a short motion clip, and it can carry its own metadata. That extra data is removed too, so the clean copy is a standard still photo.
How do I stop my phone adding the location?
On an iPhone, go to Settings > Privacy & Security > Location Services > Camera and choose Never. On most Android phones, turn off Location tags or Save location in the Camera app's settings.